Senior Business Analyst - Vendor Ops

Waste Management, Inc. (WM)•Windsor, CT

1d•$95,700 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Sr. Business Analyst will have experience in data analytics and metrics optimization with the primary function of improving data and analysis practices and processes. This role is responsible for instituting new policies, procedures, and tools. The analyst will develop reporting and utilize data analytics to identify improvement opportunities and enable effective business decisions. The Sr. Business Analyst is a leader within the organization who is responsible for maximizing profits and increasing the team's overall efficiency. This role is responsible for processing several different types of data to achieve those goals.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Business, Accounting, Environmental Sciences, Project Management or other industry-related field, or in lieu of degree, a High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience.
Six (6) years of previous business analytics experience with responsibility in project/business management and/or environmental/sustainability or services industry.
Knowledge of essential business objectives, targets and goals.
Understanding of business processes and procedures.
Working knowledge of financial and computer systems, databases, and spreadsheets.
Technical knowledge and experience working with BI visualization tools (TIBCO Spotfire; PowerBI; Excel).
Strong technical experience accessing and working with data (SQL, databases).
Analyzing and carrying out interpretations by utilizing intricate large data sets.
Experience in designing managerial level presentations and reports.
Able to multi-task, including a proven track record of delivering multiple concurrent complex technical projects on time.
Advanced knowledge of Excel (complex and nested formulas; tables, pivot tables and pivot reporting; dynamic & interactive charting; VBA and macros; etc.).
Experience developing and maintaining efficient SQL queries, stored procedures, indexes, functions for use in large volume databases.
Ability to think and act strategically.
Build relationships and leverage subject matter expertise to driving conversations and/or influence decision.
Efficiently generate, reliable working relationships with team, staff, and customers.

Responsibilities

Lead multiple initiatives, establish and track success measures for each.
Ensure delivery is met with timelines and within expectations.
Work with WM Strategic Business Solutions systems to perform analyses on large, complex data sets.
Conduct analysis of findings and provide strategic insights, hypotheses, actionable recommendations and conclusions based upon findings to managers and leadership.
Effectively use data visualization, in summaries and/or dashboards, to enhance translation of data and findings in brief and intelligible format, suitable for any audience.
Perform data profiling and root cause analysis to identify and understand anomalies. As appropriate, work with management and IT to address these issues.
Drive report automation while developing procedures and standards for obtaining and analyzing the data.
Act as a liaison between IT and the Client Solutions team to provide support and understanding in the gathering of data.
Address inefficiencies while interacting with members of the Client Solutions team to improve daily functions. Providing enhancements to existing processes and tools.
Work with all members of the WM Strategic Business Solutions to help develop new processes and tools to be leveraged within the Client Solutions team and organization.